Diamondbacks Beat Padres 11-4 to Stay Alive in Wild-Card Race
Arizona Diamondbacks beat San Diego Padres 11-4 on Friday behind Nolan Arenado and Geraldo Perdomo to stay alive for the National League's final wild-card spot.
Diamondbacks Beat Padres 11-4 to Stay Alive in Wild-Card Race Arizona Diamondbacks beat San Diego Padres 11-4 on Friday behind Nolan Arenado and Geraldo Perdomo to stay alive for the National League's final wild-card spot. The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the San Diego Padres 11-4 on Friday night in San Diego to remain alive for the National League's final wild-card spot. Nolan Arenado hit one of Arizona's three home runs, and Geraldo Perdomo drove in four runs. The loss prevented San Diego from clinching the No. 4 seed and home-field advantage in the wild-card round next week. The Diamondbacks are one game behind the Philadelphia Phillies with two games to play. Arizona's Offensive OutburstLars Nootbar and Jordan Lawlar also homered for the Diamondbacks. Nootbar drove Casey Mize's first pitch into the home-run porch in the right-field corner. Perdomo hit an RBI triple and Corbin Carroll added a sacrifice fly to give Arizona a 3-0 lead.Lawlar homered to right field with one out in the second inning. Arenado hit a two-run shot off the third level of the Western Metal Supply Co. brick warehouse in the left-field corner with two outs in the third. It was his 30th home run of the season and gave Arizona a 6-2 lead.Gabriel Moreno hit an RBI single in the fourth. After Kyle Hart walked the bases loaded in the sixth, Perdomo cleared them with a double that bounced off the glove of retreating center fielder Jackson Merrill and then off the padded fence.Pfaadt's Strong OutingBrandon Pfaadt (8-3) beat the Padres for the third time this season. He pitched 7 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on nine hits. He struck out seven and walked two.Mize (6-10) took the loss for San Diego. He allowed the three home runs, jeopardizing his spot on the wild-card roster. The Padres were booed a few times a night after clinching their club-record third straight postseason berth with a 4-2 win at the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday.Wild-Card Race Heats UpSan Diego and the Chicago Cubs clinched wild-card berths on Thursday, leaving Philadelphia and Arizona to fight for the third spot. Arizona is one game behind the Phillies with two to play.The Diamondbacks and Padres knew that the Cubs had been swept by Boston in a doubleheader and that Philadelphia had lost to Tampa Bay. The Padres needed to beat the Diamondbacks to clinch the No. 4 seed.Defensively, Padres center fielder Jase Bowen robbed Perdomo of a home run to end the eighth and then stole one from Tim Tawa to end the ninth.Up NextArizona was pondering its options for Saturday night after placing right-hander Corbin Burnes on the injured list with shoulder inflammation. The Padres will go with right-hander Walker Buehler (9-6, 4.56 ERA).
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